Pin-protector.



W. G. STUCKEL.

PIN PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11,1910.

997,474, Patented July 11,1911.

' v BY WILLIAM c. STUCKEL, orivnwanx, NEW JERSEY.

PIN-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1911.

Application filed July 11, 1910. Serial No.'571,279.

To all whom it may concern: I Be it known that I, TILLIAM C. STUCKEL,

.a citizen of the United States, residingat Newark, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, have-invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pin-Protectors; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the 1nvention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference bein had to the accompanying drawings, an to figuresof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

- This invention relates to an improved protector or fender for the endsof hat pins, and is adapted to" be afiixed to the point of the pin wherethe point projects beyond the wearers hat, and when so affixed, to actas a protection against the accidental injury of any one who might comein contact with the pin point.

The device is a thimble or ferrule which has a closed end and is filledfrom side to side with material that is somewhat elastic and is adaptedto be penetrated by a pm point, and which, when so penetrated, clingsmade smaller at its closed end than it is at its open end, and thegrasping material fitting closely in the thimble, the fit of the pinoint in the material becomes tighter as it is orced in. The surface ofthe-material that is presented tothe pin point extends from side to sideof the thimble and the whole surface of the material is presented to thepin point and-n0 time is wasted finding an entrance for the pin point,as it can be forced into the material at any point. This feature alsoadmits of the utilization of all 'the'material, that is apt to be usedas much on its edges as at the center. The thimble can be provided witha flaring open end, if desired, so as to facilitate the placing of thethimble on the pin.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichendand a head 12 on the other end. The thimble 13 is made of any suitablematerial, preferably metal, and can be ornamented as desired. Thethimble has an open end and a closed end and is preferably taperedtoward its closed end so that it forms a truncated cone. The thimble hasa block of material 14 therein which can be fixed by an adhesive ordriven in and held by its own friction on the sides, since an elasticmaterial is used to make up the block. The material best adapted for thepurpose. is cork, but other materials might be employed. The whole blockfills the thimble from side to side and presents its whole imperforatetransverse area for penetration by the in point 11. The narrowingformation of the thimble makes the pin fit tighter as it goes in andcauses a tight binding of the thimble on the pin, through the adhesionof the material 14 in the block, to the pin, this being evident fromFig. 3. The construction which thus permits the whole surface of thematerial 14 to be available gives long life to the block of cork or thelike, since the whole surface is used up and not any particular channelin it. If desired the open end of the thimblecan be made with a flare,as at 15 in Fig. 4-, which facilitates the finding of the cork by thepin, and thus makes the device more convenient for use.

The tapered construction of the thimble causes the block of elasticmaterial to be compressed on its inner end when it is forced in therocessof manufacture, to its place in the thimble so that the tightcompression which increases toward the small end of the tapered thimble,and of the block, causes elastic material forced into the thimble andcompressed on the inner end by reason of the taper of the thimble, theblock of elastic material having its whole transverse surface l 5 theblock whereby vthe pin point is prevented, \Vitnesses:

presented for the insertion therein of a pin In testimony that I claimthe foregoing, I

point, the compresslon of the inner end of have hereunto set my handthis 28th day of the block causing more resistance to the pin June,1910. point as the pin point penetrates farther into WILLIAM C. STUCKEL.

under normal pressure, from engaging the VM. HQGAMFIELD, back end of thethimble. E. A. PELL.

' Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Washington, D. C.

Commissioner of Patents,

